32 The Fool (1/2)

(Fragil's Pov) (One Hour after leaving Eric's Room)

”Fraaaagiiiilllll...” Sounded a distant voice

”W-Who there!?” Fragil screamed into the room while constantly turning around looking for the voice

”How could you forget about me silly!” Said the voice again but this time with a distinct location

Slowly turning to the location all Fragil was met with was her wardrobe with a mirror on top of it. Walking slowly up to the wardrobe, she finally got a good look at her own reflection.

Inside the mirror was her but... For some reason she had pointed ears and was smiling?

”Well hey there silly! Looks like you finally found me!” Her reflection said while giggling the entire time

”What are you!?” Fragil yelled at the mirror while freezing the entire room and making some snow fall slowly

”Well I'm you obviously! Eric seemed to have left me back at the rock... Hey... You think you can come and pick me up?” She said

Staring into her own reflection's eyes, she didn't seem to notice that her eye's were slightly glowing and changing colors rapidly.

”Y-Yeah... How could he forget you...” Fragil said dazily, ”I'll come and get you immediately...”

Turning to leave she grabbed her broom and left base but not before quickly telling Rill and then leaving.

Rill didn't follow her as he was to preoccupied to think much about what she just said.

(Eric's Pov) (The Present)

Rubbing the bridge of my nose and keeping my eyes closed I just let out a deep sigh

”So you mean to tell me that Fragil told Rill where she was going, then Rill mentioned it to everyone else, and nobody even sent people to stop her!?!”

All of the magic captains except Yami the captain of the Black Bulls and Julius the Magic King

Rill just put his head down as if he was disappointed in himself for not thinking about that.

”Y-Yeah...” Rill said shyly

I just stared Rill down and shook my head in disappointment. This caused him to look even more depressed then previously.

”I'm going back the floating rocks, anyone want to join me?” I asked

Everyone looked at each other to see if someone was going to raise their hand but nobody did.

”Guess I'll go alone.” I said while already opening a portal and stepping through it

On the other side of the portal I walked into the main chamber where the elves where. A quick spell showed that nobody was in the base anymore and Fragil wasn't even here yet.

'Time to set up camp. System, how many points do I have?'

[You currently have 450 points left.]

'Eh, might save those for later'

Starting to then build my tent and trying to think of a reason for why Fragil would leave and what I could use those points for I came up with nothing. Suddenly I was struck with a idea on how to combine both of the two things.

'System, why is Fragil coming here!?'

[System does not know. User could spend 750 System Points to purchase the information from Chris.]

'I don't have that many points... Ughhh.'

Getting back to work after my idea got me nowhere I finished making the tent in about five minutes since I threw what was nearly a full tent into my inventory so I just had to do a bit of work to get it back up. Then I created some wood for a small campfire. Finally I made some cooking utensils and a bunch of ingredients so that I could practice cooking while I was waiting.

I put a small stand over the fire so I could place a pot over it. Afterwords I filled up a pot with stock I made with creation magic and let that boil. Next I cut up some onions, celery, carrots, thyme, and garlic.

While letting the water continue to boil I made another small fire and got a frying pan out with a good size chunk of beef I made with creation magic.

Checking the flame I noticed it was boiling so I added all the cut up vegetables and some peeled barley to the stockpot and started to let it brew for a couple of minutes. Diverting my attention back to the beef I first seasoned it then cooked it slightly to make sure it wasn't raw. Finally I cut up the slightly cooked beef and threw the chunks into the pot.

Adding a decent amount of salt and pepper to the pot I started to stir it for about five minutes. Afterwords I reduced the heat of the fire by removing some of it's fuel and let the pot simmer. Half a hour later I added some balsamic vinegar to it while starting to stir the entire pot again.

Reducing the flame even more after that I let it simmer for another forty five minutes.

Opening the lid after it finished simmering the last 45 minutes I was hit in the face with a smell of beef and broth. Making a ladle appear I dipped it into the soup and tasted it.

”Delicious. Finally, some good fucking food.” I said out loud after tasting it

What I just made was a classic Beef and Barley soup from Earth. It was what I learned to make with the help of my mother and is what I'm best at making.

Filling a bowl full of soup and sitting down near the fire, I slowly ate it while staring into the fire.

Finally finishing up I washed my bowl with water magic, threw a lid over the pot and put it into my inventory. Sitting back down I reached out with my hand while also making my mini-fridge appear and grabbing a soda.

I spend the rest of that day just relaxing.

Two and a half days went by quickly as I continuously practiced my cooking with magic and just relaxing. By continuously doing magic cooking I even got a skill for it.

'System'

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Name- Eric

Magic- Creation/ All

Mana Control- Perfect Grade

Mana Points- 9,412,473,135/ 9,412,476,124

Passives-

Lower Regeneration

Novice Mana Sense

Unneeded Grimoire

Mana Usage Reduction

Determination